NZ politicians in hot water over travel expenses

Updated November 9, 2009 10:49:43

New Zealand has pledged an extra $3 million to help rebuild Samoa's tourism industry. That's just one story that's made the headlines in New Zealand, along with reports one Maori party politician took a day trip to Paris with his wife when he was supposed to be carrying out official business in Europe.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Kerri Ritchie, New Zealand correspondant